Perspectives in liquid-crystal-aided nanotechnology and nanoscience

Y Shen, I Dierking - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Nanomaterial-doped liquid crystals. Abstract The research field of
liquid crystals and their applications is recently changing from being largely focused on …

Nanoparticles in liquid crystals and liquid crystalline nanoparticles

O Stamatoiu, J Mirzaei, X Feng, T Hegmann - Liquid crystals: materials …, 2012 - Springer
Combinations of liquid crystals and materials with unique features as well as properties at
the nanoscale are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to recent developments, ie, since …

Nanotechnology-assisted liquid crystals-based biosensors: Towards fundamental to advanced applications

J Prakash, A Parveen, YK Mishra, A Kaushik - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of biosensor, continuous efforts are being made to design and develop
novel biosensing systems of reduced form factor and high performance. State-of-art …

Effects of dispersed carbon nanotubes and emerging supramolecular structures on phase transitions in liquid crystals: physico-chemical aspects

L Lisetski, L Bulavin, N Lebovka - Liquids, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current state of the study of different liquid crystalline (LC) systems doped with carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) is discussed. An attempt is endeavored to outline the state-of-the-art …

Dielectric analysis of the interaction of nematic liquid crystals with carbon nanotubes

MSE Peterson, G Georgiev, TJ Atherton, P Cebe - Liquid Crystals, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been shown to self-organise, and when
added as a guest to form a nanocomposite, their director couples with an organic liquid …

Twist-bend nematics and heliconical cholesterics: a physico-chemical analysis of phase transitions and related specific properties

NA Kasian, LN Lisetski, IA Gvozdovskyy - Liquid Crystals, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Certain nematic liquid crystals, for example, those formed by banana-shaped molecules,
can exhibit a low-temperature twist-bend nematic (Ntb) phase. Upon addition of chiral …

On the effect of carbon nanotubes on properties of liquid crystals

S Schymura, G Scalia - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Liquid crystals (LCs), with their fluidity and self-organization, are attractive hosts for the
dispersion and manipulation of macro-and nanoparticles, allowing the realization of their …

Optical density and microstructure-related properties of photoactive nematic and cholesteric liquid crystal colloids with carbon nanotubes

LN Lisetski, SS Minenko, AN Samoilov… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The optical density, microstructure and electrical conductivity in nematic (ZhK440, 5CB and
their mixtures) and cholesteric (the mixtures of ZhK440, 5CB with chiral M5) colloids with …

Exploring the alignment of carbon nanotubes dispersed in a liquid crystal matrix using coplanar electrodes

D Volpati, MK Massey, DW Johnson… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the use of a liquid crystalline host medium to align single-walled carbon
nanotubes in an electric field using an in-plane electrode configuration. Electron microscopy …

Ferromagnetic nanoparticles suspensions in twisted nematic

C Cîrtoaje, E Petrescu, C Stan, D Creangă - Physica E: Low-dimensional …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ferromagnetic nanoparticles insertions in nematic liquid crystals (NLC) in twisted
configuration are studied and a theoretical model is proposed to explain the results …